Ian Allison

Ian Allison is a senior reporter at CoinDesk, focused on institutional and enterprise adoption of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Prior to that, he covered fintech for the International Business Times in London and Newsweek online. He won the State Street Data and Innovation journalist of the year award in 2017, and was runner up the following year. He also earned CoinDesk an honourable mention in the 2020 SABEW Best in Business awards. His November 2022 FTX scoop, which brought down the exchange and its boss Sam Bankman-Fried, won a Polk award, Loeb award and New York Press Club award. Ian graduated from the University of Edinburgh. He holds ETH.

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Finance

JPMorgan Gave Away NFTs at an Event This Week. One Is Now Listed for 420 ETH

One prankster is looking for $1.8 million for Jamie Dimon’s first mint. Why not?

Left to right: JPMorgan's Christine Moy, Avalanche's Emin Gün Sirer, Messari's Ryan Watkins and Compound's Robert Leshner speak at JPM's crypto event on Nov. 30, 2021. (JPMorgan)

Finance

Aave’s Push for Institutional DeFi Gets Second KYC Provider Proposal

Security token platform Securitize is looking to join Fireblocks in offering ID tools for Aave Arc.

(Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Goldman Sachs, Other Wall Street Banks Exploring Bitcoin-Backed Loans: Sources

U.S. banks want to use bitcoin as loan collateral without touching the bitcoin.

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

Filecoin Might Have a Way for Bitcoin to Fight Its Energy Critics (if Miners Use It)

Did Filecoin just launch a tool to end the never-ending debate over bitcoin’s carbon footprint?

Power plant

Tech

Hologram NFTs at Art Basel Miami Are Trying to Save the Oceans

Can NFTs be a vehicle for environmental action?

A female surfer walks down a beach in Mal Pais, Costa Rica. (Gabe LHeureux/Getty Images)

Finance

A National Stock Exchange That Supports NFTs? Welcome to Switzerland

Never mind security tokens, the newly licensed SIX Digital Exchange is in discussions with NFT funds and central banks. SDX’s chairman discusses the trading venue’s uniquely Swiss ambitions.

(Michele Limina/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Celsius CFO Arrested on Charges Tied to Former Job at Moshe Hogeg’s Firm

Yaron Shalem, the CFO of crypto lender Celsius, previously worked at Singulariteam, whose founder, Hogeg, was arrested last week on money laundering and other charges.

(National Gallery of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Jutta Steiner Leaves Polkadot Builder Parity Technologies

The CEO stepped away earlier this year after running the company since 2015, a Parity representative confirmed.

Jutta Steiner (center) (Parity Technologies)

Finance

Soccer Star Andrés Iniesta Warned by Spanish Regulator After Promoting Binance

“I’m learning how to get started with crypto with @binance,” Iniesta told his 25 million Twitter followers.

Kobe, Japan (isseymatnoh/Pixabay)

Finance

JPMorgan Hiring Software Engineers for ‘Collateral Blockchain Tokenization’

The intriguing vacancy doesn’t go into much detail, however.

JPMorgan analysts are trying to figure out what's driving bitcoin. (Getty Images)